one of the most distinctive elements of the national sound has always been singer matt berninger as baritone voice his lyrics are often surreal journeys through the depths of his own soul. even songs that seem to take a political stance such as fake empire from 2008 do so from a very personal perspective. fascism is on the rise and and i don't need to write a song about it you know everybody knows that and i think writing songs about. empathizing with people with each other whether or not there were the same gender the same color that where they're coming from or what they think about. god. is is important. to do proper justice to the content of the film and the songs the let's tell them features a number of singers including galen dorsey who played bass in david bowie's band for more than 20 years so did matt berninger find it hard to share the spotlight. i think there was one text message is that a do you think you sing enough on this record and then matts response was i've heard enough of myself as i get ready or am i going to miss most of. it. it's the last weekend of near next october f